Q. Is my home within the two-mile limit? |
A. At the time of registration, you will receive a “Fee Form/Bus Registration form”. At that time, a map will be available with the two-mile drive distance marked on it. Locate your street and your property, if your property is 100% in the two-mile area, you will have to pay for transportation. |
Q. How do I find out what bus my child will ride? |
A. Bus routes will be posted at each campus before school begins. Also each school campus will have a book of their bus routes, including bus numbers, stop times and stop locations. |
Q. The same bus goes through my neighborhood twice. Can my 5th grader ride with my 2nd grader? |
A. Sorry, no. To properly balance the routes, and for proper tracking, we cannot mix these groups. Kindergarten-Fourth grades ride the first route, Fifth-Eighth ride the second route. |
Q. What buses do 9th graders ride? |
A. 9th graders ride High School buses. We have six buses that cover the city in six different zones, picking up grades 9-12 and delivering them to their campuses. |
Q. Who is that other adult that is riding the bus with my child? |
A. That is a bus driver. We have substitute drivers who learn the routes by riding along whenever possible. |
Q. What happens to my child when they misbehave on the bus? |
A. In your student’s handbook there is a copy of our Discipline Management Plan. You can also obtain a copy of the plan at your student’s campus. In short, there are different levels of offenses and consequences. The driver will cite the student for the offense, deliver the citation to the principal of the student’s campus, and the principal will choose a course of action. |
| Q. What do I do when my child wants to ride home with a friend? |
A. Write your child a note stating his/her name, his/her friend’s name, and the bus # that he/she will be taking home. Have your child give that note to the bus driver when boarding the bus. |
Q. When my child leaves an item on the school bus, where is your lost and found located? |
A. Our drivers check their buses after each route, any items left on bus will be brought to the front of the bus so that it can be seen. If it is not reclaimed in a few days, the driver will bring the item to the dispatcher’s office to a lost and found box. Items in this box remain there until the end of the school year. |
